I'm using Photo Impact, but not familiar eough with that to help. Have you tried the online help section in Abode. I usualy find answers pretty easy there. It it's like PI, when you open the main menu, click the "Help" button, and choose online help. Should take you right to it.
You may like to try some of the tutorials in the illustrator section of this website http://www.thewebmachine.com/ I would suggest you try some of the text effect ones first and then some of the other ones afterwards.